We are not alone - at least, not our facesThe author shared their unusual talent for spotting doppelgangers, noting resemblances between famous personalities like Jack Palance and S...
24 Aug, 2024, 11.04 PM IST
West Bengal: Battle of ideologies, clash of big names in these minority-dominated seatsThe Maldaha Uttar and Maldaha Dakshin constituencies are in Maldaha district, historically known as the fortress of Congress' iconic leader...
27 Apr, 2024, 11.24 PM IST
Health minister Harsh Vardhan resigns ahead of Cabinet reshuffleThe minister's role had come for a criticism from certain quarters as the second wave of the pandemic ravaged the country with record daily...
07 Jul, 2021, 03.37 PM IST
Slew of resignations ahead of Cabinet reshuffle; Harsh Vardhan, Ramesh Pokhriyal among those who have quitNew faces are expected to join Modi government with representation being given to diverse set of social groups.
07 Jul, 2021, 03.29 PM IST
End of TMC is here: MoS Debasree Chaudhuri on attack at Nadda's convoy"The end of TMC is here. The bad attitude of the state government, police, and party cadre is a sign of their end... The hooliganism showed...
10 Dec, 2020, 05.28 PM IST
The 'Gully Boy' effect: Bangalore Poetry Festival to feature a session on rap music'Gully Boy' affable MC Sher, Siddhant Charutvedi, will kick off the festival.
11 Jul, 2019, 01.33 PM IST
BJP president Amit Shah holds strategy meet on Gujarat pollsIn the 182-member Gujarat assembly, the BJP seeks to win 150 seats and retain power. "The party held a strategy session to achieve the targ...
31 Aug, 2017, 04.09 PM IST
Calcutta is a city not being able to find its feet: Amit Chaudhuri, WriterAmit Chaudhuri, who grew up in Mumbai and Kolkata, runs a campaign to preserve the eclectic neighbourhoods of his home town.
12 Apr, 2016, 02.09 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee’s politics may be indigestible to aesthete but delightful to multitudesWhen Mamata takes out a rally men, women and children throng the roads to get a glimpse of her as she walks smiling and waving at the horde...
12 Apr, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
Mark Tully stresses on translation of books from regional languagesMark Tully has stressed on the need for more and more writings in regional languages to be translated into English saying there is lot to b...
25 Oct, 2015, 02.56 PM IST
New laws needed to save European-Bengali architecture in Kolkata: Amit ChaudhuryDescribing the unique architectural features of these old buildings, he said that they had slanted green windows, frontal porch and perfora...
10 Jul, 2015, 10.52 AM IST
- Granta comes out with special India issue
UK's popular magazine Granta has come out with a special issue on India featuring writings of the likes of Upamanyu Chatterjee, Amit Chaudh...
01 Feb, 2015, 04.04 PM IST
Books: Top authors' top reads in 2014Amit Chaudhuri, who is also an acclaimed musician and a professor of Contemporary Literature at the University of East Anglia, named four b...
28 Dec, 2014, 04.33 PM IST
Pakistan author Bilal Tanweer wins 2014 Shakti Bhatt First Book PrizeA Pakistan-based author has won the 2014 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize, which is awarded to encourage authors from the subcontinent.
25 Nov, 2014, 04.56 PM IST
Author Amit Chaudhari explores urban spaces in new novel"I am interested in the ordinary. And I am interested in magic. For me the magic in this novel begins with the title itself," Chaudhuri sai...
26 Sep, 2014, 06.42 PM IST
Book explores writings of eight Indian authorsWritings of eight Indian authors in English, their potrayal of modern India and what their works suggest about the country form the crux of...
23 Sep, 2014, 05.08 PM IST
- The American Library in Kolkata: A space open to all, says US Consulate General
The newly designed American Center continues the tradition that is associated with the American Library and Lincoln Room in Kolkata, by tra...
20 Apr, 2013, 04.42 PM IST